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By Janet Curiel |Staff Writer|
Kevin Hines stood and took a long pause as if frozen in time on the SMSU stage and followed the stillness with three words: “Are you ok?”
That was all he needed to hear in the 40 minutes he paced the Golden Gate Bridge on the day he jumped.
He became 1 of 34, less than 1%, to survive the fall that over 2000 didn’t.
Hines, an award-winning global speaker, bestselling author, documentary filmmaker, suicide prevention and mental health advocate, gripped his audiences with the account of his unlikely survival.
Hines was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 19 and continues with the daily struggle of his brain … [Read more...] about Seminar increases suicide awareness

By Marlyn Rodriguez and Marion Gil |Asst. Managing Editor and News Editor|
James Appel, a medical doctor who worked in Liberia during the Ebola crisis, gave a presentation at CSUSB on Nov. 17.
During the event, Appel focused on providing practical and useful knowledge about Ebola and his experiences with it during his time in West Africa, and how it is handled both in Liberia and America.
Despite primarily working with non-Ebola patients, Appel has extensive knowledge about Ebola due to his work in Africa and believes the fear American media is causing outweighs the information they are providing.
“I think that the American media completely blows things out of proportion. We’ve had … [Read more...] about James Appel explains Ebola at CSUSB